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Joystick

Design approved card · basic

Made by
Simon

About this project

A simple arcade style joystick with buttons so a clicky feel

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Schematic

At first i started by importing the hackxpansion console connector in the schematic, then i made my own symbol for the 5 button joystick i am planning on using. After i made those i integrated into the schematic. image

PCB

Now with the schematic done it was time for the pcb. I also had to make my own footprint for the joystick i planned to use, the datasheet was very shitty so i tried my best and ended up with this: iamge Now i had finished the footprint i could start placing and routing the module, this is one of the simplest i have ever done: image image

Case

Now that i did the pcb, i needed to create a simple case, i went for onshape because its my old friend and i am handy with it, after about an hour i got this: iimage